Kirk Strauser wrote:
At 2004-06-16T06:03:14Z, Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Another issue is that more gui and more memory mean more power which translate to less battery time on the laptop.
OK, that's a valid point that I won't dispute. I've always bought used laptops and I've yet to get one with a working battery, so I've never personally experienced that problem. :)
i'll dispute it :-] i run kde (and gnome and openbox) on my laptop and i like that i can set the screen to turn off completely after two minutes (not disputing there're probably many other ways to do this too, but kde does make it easy, probably gnome does too)
also, i don't think the memory consumption of the desktop is all that much "weight" on the battery life -- much more important (in my experience) is what peripherals are on -- display, soundcard (actively playing seems to draw a lot of power (or at least create a lot of heat) unless there's something plugged into the headphone jack, so maybe i mean the amplifier component of the sound card), usb, etc...
of course, ymmv
~c
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